in my life shall I forget my first English teacher who encouraged me to challenge difficulties．

A．Never           B．Sometimes           C．Always          D．Often

For some people living in big cities，one thousand dollars a month is not a big fortune but would help cover their living      .

A．bills              B．prices                  C．expenses         D．charges

    It was past 10∶00 pm．I was busy with my schoolwork though I was，  1   ．Just then，my little brother Michael ran out of his room，   2    a pen on his right hand and a piece of paper on the other

    “Betty, can you help me with my    3    for school? It's about the seven   4   of the world．”he said．

    My eyes were so   5    on the computer screen that my brother had to pull my blouse just to get my   6.

    “Look，not right now! I'm very busy”I said.“You're always busy! You're always like that!” he replied.

    I felt a bit guilty(愧疚)   7   I thought about his words，but my work seemed more   8   to me than my brother's I sighed(又氣)a few times and   9    with my own studies．

    The next day，I arrived home late．Michael came into my room．

    “I know you are   10   but there's something I want to show you．”he began．Without saying a word，I   11   the paper from him．I really didn't   12   what he was saying．All I wanted was to   13    him and finally get to rest．

    Suddenly，my eyes widened in    14   ．There，he wrote：

    The Seven Wonder of the World

    1．Love  2．Friendship  3．Peace   4．Joy  5．Wisdom    6．Fun  7．Family

    I   15   believe what my brother had written on the paper. I was completely   16 ．How could such an innocent(天真的)little child    17    such things in life?

    The most valuable things in life are the ones that we    18    take for granted．These things don't take the form of big houses or beautiful    19   ．The most wonderful things in the world are immaterial(非物質(zhì)的)   20   they can never be developed by human art，skill or effort．

1．A．tired                B．experienced          C．talented               D．satisfied

2．A．buying            B．holding                 C．playing                 D．biting

3．A．problem          B．mistake                 C．trouble                    D．homework

4．A events               B．cities                    C．wonders                D．mysteries

5．A paid                  B．a(chǎn)ttracted                C．a(chǎn)pplied                  D．fixed

6．A．a(chǎn)ttention          B．care                     C．love                     D．concern

7．A．before            B．a(chǎn)s                        C．since                  D．till

8．A．practical          B．useful                  C．important            D．interesting

9．A．started            B．hated                   C．forgot                 D．continued

10．A．busy             B．bored                   C．free                      D．a(chǎn)ngry

11．A．handed         B．took                    C．got                      D．a(chǎn)ccepted

12．A．record          B．worry                  C．mind                    D．share

13．A get on well with                                    B．keep up with          C．make fun of    D．get rid of

14．A．surprise        B．sadness                C．happiness             D．disappointment

15．A．shouldn't       B．needn't                 C．couldn't                D．mustn't

16．A．wounded      B．lost                      C．pleased               D．Confused

17．A．understand    B．remember            C．study                   D．finish

18．A．ever             B．often                   C．seldom                D．never

19．A．voices          B．poems                 C．cars                    D．music

20．A．if                 B．when                   C．but                    D．a(chǎn)nd

    Londoners are great readers．They buy large numbers of newspapers，magazines and books

-especially paperbacks(平裝書)，which are still cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the cost of printing. They still continue to buy“proper”books，too，printed on good paper．

    There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in(以……為主) book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charing Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which is said to be“the biggest bookshop in the world”to the tiny，dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens' time. Some of these shops stock，or will make efforts to get，any kind of book．but many of them specialize in second-hand books，in art books，in foreign books，in books on economics，politics or any other subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

    Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books．Charing Cross Road is not the cheapest．For really cheap second-hand books．collectors must go to some less well-known places，to Farringdon Road．for example，in the East Central district of London. Bookshops are the finest buildings in this area．Instead，the booksellers come along each morning and put lots of books on to small barrows(手推車)which line the streets. The collectors, some professionals and some amateurs(業(yè)余愛好者)，who have been waiting for them，run quickly towards the books．In places like this one can still，occasionally，pick up for a few pence an old book that may be worth many pounds．

1．According to the passage，we know that     

    A．Londoners like borrowing books from libraries

    B．Londoners like buying books，magazines and newspapers

    C．Londoners like reading books in libraries

    D．Londoners don't like buying“proper”books

2．Chafing Cross Road is well-known for          

    A．lending books  B．publishing books  C．printing books   D．selling books

3．The underlined word“solely”in the second paragraph means“      ”．

    A．wholly          B．partly                   C．only              D．seldom

4．What do we know from the last paragraph?

    A．Where expensive new books are sold．    B．Where cheap new books are sold

    C．Where cheap old books are sold          D ．Where expensive old books are sold

    Everyone has  got two personalities——the one that  is  shown to the world  and the  other that is secret and real．You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your behavior，but when you asleep，your sleeping position shows the real you． In a normal night，of course，people frequently change their position．The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

    If you go to sleep on your back，you're a very open person．You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas．You don't like to upset people，so you never express your real feelings．You're quite shy and you aren't very confident．

    If you sleep on Your stomach，you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you're always easily upset. You're very stubborn(固執(zhí)的)，but you aren't very ambitious(有野心的)．You usually live for today not for tomorrow．This means that you enjoy having a good time

    If you sleep curled(卷曲的)up，you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and you're often defensive．You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You're prefer to be on your own．You're easily hurt．

    If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced(平衡的)personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality You sometimes feel anxious，hut you don't often get depressed(情緒低落)．You always say what you think even if it annoys(打攪)people.

1．According to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality            

    A．only in a normal night

    B．only when you go to sleep

    C．only when you refuse to show yourself to the world

    D．only when you change sleeping position

2．We can infer from the passage that a person who sleeps curled up       

    A．would rather be alone than communicate with you

    B．is rarely ready to help you

    C．prefers staying at home to going out

    D．wouldn't like to get help from you

3．It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because

    A．he or she always shows sympathy(同情)for people

    B．he or she is confident，but not stubborn

    C．he or she has more strengths than weakness

    D．he or she often considers annoying people

Learning just as much outside the Classroom

    Every Thursday afternoon，my art history class meets not in our usual lecture hall hut in the Yale University Art Gallery(美術(shù)館)．

    We spend our one-hour class discussing two or three of the paintings，many of which are by artists that we have already studied in class.

    The professor begins by selecting one work of art .After giving us a quick background on

the artist，he'll open up for class discussion. Everyone is strongly encouraged to give opinions

to the work．Not every piece we study is necessarily famous or striking in appearance and

subject matter，yet we always manage to make some interesting observations.

  In America，professors always take every opportunity to push textbooks aside and expose

students to real world experiences．

  With some creativity，almost any subject can be applied to such beyond the classroom learning．

  My art history class trips to the gallery are but one example．

  Many other disciplines (學科)also offer opportunities to learn outside the classroom，for instance，business，psychology，art，journalism and biology．

  A friend of mine from Yale taking an advanced psychology course spends every Saturday

working with mentally disabled children．

  Her mornings are spent playing with the kids and studying their sometimes uncontrolled behavior. Then in the afternoon she writes a report on her observations．

  Students generally appreciate these unique learning opportunities．They're almost always fun and interesting，and professors like them because students learn so much in just a few short months．

    No one denies(否認) the value of classroom learning．But it can only take students so far．

    Slides and textbooks may do a good job of carrying facts and dates，but creativity and originality (創(chuàng)造性)of thought cannot be taught．They can only be got through first-hand experience．

1．The writer studies art history         ．

    A．in a lecture hall                                              B．in an art gallery

    C．in a simple way                                             D．in a practical way

2．To study artists，we should first              

    A．meet and talk with them                      B．pay a visit to their hometowns

    C．get some information about their background     D．copy some works of theirs

3．In American universities it is popular for professors to           ．

    A．create textbooks by themselves

    B．teach their lectures through real world experiences

    C．a(chǎn)sk their students to memorize the texts

    D．share their experiences with the students

4．The writer introduces one of his friends' experiences to us in order to        

    A．give us an example                                        B．praise the professor

    C．praise his friend                                           D．a(chǎn)dvise us to study psychology

5．The writer holds the opinion that   

    A．learning outside the classroom is the best way

    B．teachers should develop students' creativity

    C．professors had better shorten their lectures

    D．students should put their textbooks away

    There are so many fun things to do in Paris，whether it's climbing up the Are de Triomphe，exploring the Louvre，sailing boats in the Jardin des Tuileries，riding to the top of the Eiffcel Tower，or touring the sewers(下水道)of Paris，but you'll also need a fun place to stay. Here's our own hand-picked(精選的)list of family hotels in Paris．

    Du Cadran Hotel——Rooms with two twin beds(sleep 2)or a double bed；air conditioning；mini-fridges in rooms. The hotel is located on a quiet side street，next to a pedestrian(步行的) street with supermarkets，bakeries，fruit stands and within walking distance to the Champs de Mars park and the Eiffel Tower.

    Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel——Located right on the Ave．des Champs-Elysees；rooms with a double bed or two twin beds，or triples(sleep 3)；two connecting rooms are also

available(可獲得的)(sleep 4)；on-site(就地的)restaurants with children's menus；babysitting

can be arranged；extra bed available when it's needed；air-conditioning and mini-fridges in rooms．

    Royal Elysees Hotel——The hotel is located one block from the Arc de Triomphe；

breakfast is included in the room rate；standard rooms with a double bed or two twin beds；

air-conditioning；mini-fridges in rooms.

    Timhotel Le Louvre——Breakfast included in room rate；rooms with a double  bed or

two twin beds；lots of restaurants in the neighborhood；located within walking distance to the

Louvre museum and the Jardin des Tuileries．two blocks from Lotlvre-Rivoli metro stop．

1．What kind of people is the passage mainly written for?

    A．Students       B．Artists          C．Tourists        D．Drivers

2．Du Cadran Hotel is most suitable for those who               

    A．want rooms without much noise           B．prefer to live near the Arc de Triomphe

    C．like to meet people from other countries     D．want to pay less for eating and sleeping

3．If you are interested in trying different types of foods, you may choose       

    A．Du Cadran Hotel                               B．Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel

    C．Royal Elysees Hotel                              D．Timhotel Le Louvre

4．A family of five，including two young children，had better stay at          

    A．Du Cadran Hotel                                  B．Marriott Champs Elysees Hotel

    C．Royal Elysees Hotel                                 D．Timhotel Le Louvre

    It's difficult to get the young to listen to anything you say these days．They have shut themselves off from the world with earplugs attached to their personal stereos such as MP3 players. And with more than three million iPods and MP3 players sold in Britain every year．it's not just the young who have been in the personal stereo habit．But at what risk is our hearing?

    When MP3 players and iPods are turned to full volume，the sound can reach 104 dB (分貝)，the maximum(最大值)allowed by EU safety standards but almost as loud as a pneumatic drill(氣鉆)(110dB)

    The advice from scientists is to turn down the volume and limit use of such machines to an hour a day；the producers also recommend taking regular breaks to give the ears a rest．Yet research by the Royal National institute for the Deaf (RNID)showed that 39 percent of the young don't practice safe listening. The worry is that they could be creating problems later in life．

    People with good hearing have tiny hair cells that line the inner ear and transmit(傳遞) signals to the brain，which it interprets as sound.  When repeatedly exposed to uncomfortably loud noises(loud is defined as above 80 dB)，including music through headphones and at concerts，those hair cells require a rush of blood or oxygen，otherwise“they effectively die”. Temporary(臨時的)hearing loss or tinnitus(ringing in the ears) is a sign that hair cells are trying to recover，but over time recovery becomes impossible．

    At UK cinemas，sound levels of 110dB have been recorded．Music played in nightclubs is so loud as to be comparable，in some cases，to standing two feet away from an aeroplane as it takes off(110dB)．The level at which pain starts to happen for sound is 140dB．

1．When you use MP3 player，you should do the following except       

    A．turn it to the volume              B．take regular breaks

    C．use it less than an hour a day       D．turn down the volume

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．Young people like their personal stereos such as MP3 players．

    B．More than three million iPods and MP3 players are sold in Britain every year．

    C．It is no doubt that sonic British young people’ s hearing is at risk．

    D．More than 50 percent of the British young people don't practice safe listening.

3．The highest safe sound shouldn't be louder than       

    A．80db            B．140db           C．104db          D．110db

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A．A Warning That Fails on Deaf Ears     B．MP3 Players——Hearing Killers

    C．The Causes of Hearing Loss           D．Hair Cells Suffering from Loud Noises

    此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個鉤(√)；如有錯誤(每行只有一個錯誤)，則按下列情況改正：

    此行多一個詞：把多余的同用斜線(\)劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

    此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

    此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

    注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。

 At Chinese New Year，my family and I have a very busy                                           1.    

 time．Two days before New Year's Day，I went out with my                                   2.    

 friends from school to the seafood restaurant in Pudong.                                            3.    

 It was the noisiest restaurant I had ever been to，and the                                           4.    

 food was delicious. After that，we went to shopping for new                                     5.    

 clothes and found lots bargains．I visited my old teacher，                                        6.    

 Mr. Smith．To my surprise，he said me he didn't find Chinese                                   7.    

 New Year very excited．He was not even wearing new clothes!                                 8.    

 Because we have so many tests this week，so I have to                                             9.    

 start studying hard again now. I wish the holiday was longer!                                     10.    

    假定你是李平，一家英文報社邀清你調(diào)查一下中學生使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)的情況，并依據(jù)調(diào)查寫一篇報道。請根據(jù)下面提供的信息對調(diào)查結(jié)果作簡要介紹，然后發(fā)給報社。

    主要用途：

    1．閱讀國內(nèi)外新聞，學習外語；

    2．欣賞音樂、看電影、玩游戲、發(fā)e-mails等；

    3．網(wǎng)上購物。

    存在問題：

    1．花過多時間在網(wǎng)上玩游戲，浪費時間，影響學業(yè)；2．瀏覽不良信息，對身心有害。

    注意：

    1．詞數(shù)：100左右

    2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫

    3．文章開頭已給出，但不計人總詞數(shù)

    As we all know，the Internet is playing an important part in our daily life……